Luke 12:48

12:48 But the one who did not know his master’s will ¹  and did things worthy of punishment ²  will receive a light beating. ³  From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, ⁴  and from the one who has been entrusted with much, ⁵  even more will be asked. ⁶ 

Luke 5:6

5:6 When ⁷  they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear. ⁸ 

Luke 23:27

23:27 A great number of the people followed him, among them women ⁹  who were mourning ¹⁰  and wailing for him.

Luke 7:47

7:47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much; ¹¹  but the one who is forgiven little loves little.”

Luke 6:17

The Sermon on the Plain

6:17 Then ¹²  he came down with them and stood on a level place. ¹³  And a large number ¹⁴  of his disciples had gathered ¹⁵  along with ¹⁶  a vast multitude from all over Judea, from ¹⁷  Jerusalem, ¹⁸  and from the seacoast of Tyre ¹⁹  and Sidon. ²⁰  They came to hear him and to be healed ²¹  of their diseases,

[12:48]  ¹ tn Grk “did not know”; the phrase “his master’s will” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the contemporary English reader.

[12:48]  ² tn Grk “blows.”

[12:48]  ³ tn Grk “will receive few (blows).”

[12:48]  ⁴ tn Grk “required from him”; but the words “from him” are redundant in English and have not been translated.

[12:48]  ⁵ sn Entrusted with much. To be gifted with precious responsibility is something that requires faithfulness.

[12:48]  ⁶ tn Grk “they will ask even more.”

[5:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “And when.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[5:6]  ⁸ tn In context, this imperfect verb is best taken as an ingressive imperfect (BDF §338.1).

[23:27]  ¹³ sn The background of these women is disputed. Are they “official” mourners of Jesus’ death, appointed by custom to mourn death? If so, the mourning here would be more pro forma. However, the text seems to treat the mourning as sincere, so their tears and lamenting would have been genuine.

[23:27]  ¹⁴ tn Or “who were beating their breasts,” implying a ritualized form of mourning employed in Jewish funerals. See the note on the term “women” earlier in this verse.

[7:47]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “for she loved much.” The connection between this statement and the preceding probably involves an ellipsis, to the effect that the ὅτι clause gives the evidence of forgiveness, not the ground. For similar examples of an “evidentiary” ὅτι, cf. Luke 1:22; 6:21; 13:2. See discussion in D. L. Bock, Luke [BECNT], 1:703-5. Further evidence that this is the case here is the final statement: “the one who is forgiven little loves little” means that the one who is forgiven little is thus not able to love much. The REB renders this verse: “her great love proves that her many sins have been forgiven; where little has been forgiven, little love is shown.”

[6:17]  ²⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[6:17]  ²⁶ tn Or “on a plateau.” This could refer to a message given in a flat locale or in a flat locale in the midst of a more mountainous region (Jer 21:13; Isa 13:2). It is quite possible that this sermon is a summary version of the better known Sermon on the Mount from Matt 5-7.

[6:17]  ²⁷ tn Grk “large crowd.”

[6:17]  ²⁸ tn There is no verb in Greek at this point, but since “a large crowd” (see preceding tn) is in the nominative case, one needs to be supplied.

[6:17]  ²⁹ tn Grk “and.”

[6:17]  ³⁰ tn Grk “and from,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[6:17]  ³¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:17]  ³² map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[6:17]  ³³ sn These last two locations, Tyre and Sidon, represented an expansion outside of traditional Jewish territory. Jesus’ reputation continued to expand into new regions.

[6:17]  ³⁴ sn To hear him and to be healed. Jesus had a two-level ministry: The word and then wondrous acts of service that showed his message of God’s care were real.